The monastery saved the miraculous deserts. Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Hermitage in the village of Klykovo Diocesan Monastery

Monastery of the Savior Miraculous Deserts is located in the village of Klykovo near the city of Kozelsk, Kaluga region. These places are famous for their unusually picturesque nature: birch groves, vast fields, meadows, the Zhizdra and Serena rivers. It is probably no coincidence that one of the oldest, most famous and revered monasteries in Russia, the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn, is located here. The monastery in Klykovo has been operating for quite some time now, but the history of the monastery is connected with events that took place much earlier.

Where today is the village of Klykovo, along the high bank of the Serena River in ancient times there was a path along which the Khazars, Tatars and princes walked. There was also a pagan settlement where the Monk Kuksha, an outstanding Russian educator of the pre-Mongol era, preached. The events preceding the construction of the temple in honor of the Hermit-created Image of the Lord in Klykovo are also noteworthy.

Seven miles from the village of Klykovo is the village of Kurynichi. In 1733, through the efforts of the Davydovs, who owned Kurynichy at that time, a church was built in the village. But in March 1826 there was a fire - the church burned down. From the wooden church that burned down in the village of Kurynichi, the following were preserved: the ancient Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the Gospel, printed under Patriarch Andrian. The history of the appearance of this ancient image of the Savior in the Kurynichsky Church is little known. There are only legends that it was brought to Kurynichi by one of the relatives of the Kurynichi landowners, the Shulgins.

In the 20s of the 19th century, cholera was rampant in Kozelsky district. And according to legend, preserved to this day among the peasants of the village of Klykovo, during the epidemic, the Image of the Savior from Kurynich was brought to Klykovo. With the religious procession, the Image of the Savior was surrounded around the village, and cholera, which had previously consumed many victims, gradually began to weaken, and by August 16 it stopped completely. In gratitude to the Savior God, the then owner of the village of Klykovo Guard, Lieutenant Alexander Fedorovich Poltoratsky, built a new one on the site of a dilapidated wooden church in honor of St. Nicholas stone temple. In 1829, construction was completed, and at the request of Poltoratsky, the temple was consecrated in honor of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Image Not Made by Hands.

From that time until the beginning of the 20th century, and therefore the period of persecution of the church, the history of the village of Klykovo developed very well. Klykovo was famous orchards and a nursery. The founder of the nursery was Vasily Petrovich Zlatoustovsky, born into the family of a priest from the village of Burnashevo, Kozelsky district. After graduating from the Kaluga Theological Seminary, Vasily Zlatoustovsky married a landowner who at that time owned the village of Klykovo, thanks to which he received 7 acres of the old garden and 20 acres of arable land. Restoring the garden, Zlatoustovsky turned it into a rich pomological collection (1,500 varietal trees). At the same time, he created a fruit nursery, which annually produced up to 40 thousand apple tree seedlings and other fruit trees. Fruits from the Zlatoustovsky variety testing garden were repeatedly exhibited at provincial, Russian and international exhibitions, where they were awarded many, including gold medals.

With the advent of Soviet power in Russian Orthodox Church persecutions began, which were exceptional in their scope and cruelty not only within the history of Russia, but also on the scale world history. Thousands of clergy and laity were arrested and shot. Temples were closed and monasteries were plundered. The Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn was no exception. After Easter 1923, the churches of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage were sealed, and many clergy were arrested.

In 1924, after the destruction of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage, part of the brethren settled in the village of Klykovo. The center of the spiritual life of this community became the local temple in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Optina hieromonk Panteleimon served in this church from 1925 to 1935. Little is known about Panteleimon (in the world Platon Grigorievich Shibanov): he was a skete monk, in 1916 he was ordained as a hierodeacon in the Optina monastery, and was ordained as a hieromonk after the revolution. This is how the residents of the village of Klykovo remembered him: “Father Panteleimon gathered us all, children living near the church, and always gave communion to the Saints Christ's Mysteries, but one day, we don’t remember when, he did not come out of the temple to meet us.” In 1935, Hieromonk Panteleimon was arrested and in 1937 he was accused of counter-revolutionary activities and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out in Sukhinichi prison.

In 1937, a temple in honor Miraculous Image The Lord's was closed.

In the spring of 1991, the temple in the village of Klykovo was returned to the Church. By that time the building was in very poor condition. From interior decoration There was practically nothing left of the temple. Even the floor was destroyed. Earth and debris covered the walls of the building up to the windows. The ceilings began to collapse, and grass and trees grew on the remains of the roof.

Archbishop Clement of Kaluga and Borovsky blessed the establishment of the Bishop's Compound in the village of Klykovo with the help of the brethren who came from Optina Pustyn and settled here. On January 11, 1993, a Bishop's metochion was formed at the temple, and on October 18 of the same year, Abbot Peter (Drum) was appointed rector of the metochion. A monastic community began to form at the metochion, and on July 17, 2001, a Resolution of the Holy Synod was adopted on the opening of the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village of Klykovo.

With the transfer of the temple, restoration work began. The Temple of the Savior Not Made by Hands was in complete desolation and ruin. During the years of Soviet power, the local collective farm first used the temple building as a granary, and then adapted it as a workshop for repairing equipment. After the destruction of the roof of the refectory part of the temple, they began to store nitrogen fertilizers. When alluvial soil was removed from the temple, the remains were found human bones who had damage from firearms and bladed weapons.

The temple, built by Poltoratsky, was completely restored in 1999 and on November 28 of the same year, Archbishop Clement consecrated its central chapel.

Modern life of the monastery

The monastery contains a center children's creativity“Renaissance” in the city of Kozelsk, which is the focus of the spiritual and moral education of children in the Kozelsky district through creativity. The following spiritual and educational work is carried out in the monastery: conversations twice a week, trips to holy places in Sunday school and parishioners in holy places - monasteries and churches of the Kozelsk district, in the Kaluga diocese, the Moscow diocese, to exhibitions of children's drawings, spiritual and educational work among employees of the Kozelsk police department, young people are involved in altar obedience, four people, aged from 8 to 12 years, the monastery publishes a weekly leaflet.

There are 2 temples assigned to the monastery: the temple of the holy prophet of God Elijah in the village. Ilyinskoye (this temple works with alcohol and drug addicts through the Ilyinka rehabilitation center) and the restored temple in honor of the Assumption Holy Mother of God in the village Senino.

Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Hermitage in the village. Klykovo

The history of the founding of the monastery dates back to 1924, when, after the destruction of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage, part of the brethren, led by the treasurer Abbot Panteleimon (Arzhanykh), settled in the village. Klykovo, Kozelsky district. The center of the spiritual life of this community became the local temple in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. In 1937, the temple was closed, and Abbot Panteleimon was arrested and shot.

After closing, the temple was used first as a granary, then as a workshop for repairing equipment, and after the roof of the refectory part of the temple was destroyed, fertilizers began to be stored in it. On March 28, 1991, the temple was returned to the Church. At that time, the temple building was located in in emergency condition: there was no roof, windows and floor were missing, deep cracks appeared along the walls, trees grew on the vaults of the temple, and the ceilings began to collapse.

With the transfer of the temple, restoration work began. On January 11, 1993, a Bishop's Compound was formed at the church, and on October 18 of the same year, Hieromonk Peter (Drum) was appointed rector of the compound and Sergei Semenov was appointed novice. A monastic community began to form at the metochion, and on July 17, 2001, a resolution of the Holy Synod was adopted to open in the village. Klykovo Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Desert.

Currently, the monastery has one stone church in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. It was built in 1829 by Guard Lieutenant Alexander Fedorovich Poltoratsky on the site of the house church of the Poltoratsky landowners. The temple is single-domed and has the shape of a cross in plan. Before closing, there were 4 chapels in the temple: in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Kazan Icon Mother of God.

The temple was completely restored by 1999, and on November 28 of the same year, Archbishop Clement consecrated its central chapel. Currently there are 8 monks working in the monastery.

The monastery contains particles of the relics of: Apostle Andrew the First-Called; Saints Ignatius Brianchaninov, Innocent of Kherson, Theodosius of Chernigov, Luke of Simferopol, Ignatius of Rostov, Tikhon of Zadonsk, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow; Hieromartyrs Joseph of Astrakhan and Harlampius of Magnesia; Martyrs of Chozebite; Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky; St. Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, Barnabas of Gethsemane, Sebastian of Karaganda, Lawrence of Chernigov, Theodore of Sanaksar, Savva of Vishera, Arefa of Verkhoturye; righteous Artemy Verkolsky; Kiev-Pechersk saints: Hieromartyr Kuksha, Venerable Martyrs Anastasius, Basil, Theodore, Saints Agapit, Eustratius, Hypatius, Damian, Nestor the Chronicler, Nikon, Moses, Alipius, Theophilus, St. Nicholas the Svyatosha; Athonite saints: the venerable martyr Akakios and the venerable Gabriel; Optina elders: Saints Leo, Macarius, Moses, Ambrose, Anatoly, Joseph, Anatoly (Zertsalov), Barsanuphius, Isaac I, Anthony, Hilarion, Nektarios; as well as the righteous Jonah and the Venerable Kuksha of Odessa.

The icons of St. Nicholas, the Archbishop of Myra in Lycia and the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God are especially revered.

Monastery

Kaluga diocese

There are places on earth that, having visited once, you want to come there again and again. This is the fertile Kaluga land.

Near ancient Kozelsk and the Optina Hermitage, famous for the host of Elders, there is monastery Savior of the Miraculous Deserts. The monastery was founded in 2001, but its history dates back to 1829, when a temple was built in the village of Klykovo, Kozelsky district, in honor of the Image of the Lord Not Made by Hands. The restoration of the temple after Soviet times has been ongoing since 1993. This year, in Klykovo, with the blessing of the Bishop of Kaluga and Borovsk, Clement, the Bishop's Metochion and a monastic community were formed with it. During the formation of the monastery in 1996, schema-nun Sepphora (Shnyakina) moved here.

The history of the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands is inextricably linked with the prayerful feat of Schema-nun Sepphora of blessed memory. Through her life pleasing to God, she gained from the Lord extraordinary spiritual gifts - insight, the gift of the Jesus Prayer and the highest humility. Through fervent prayers, the will of God was revealed to her, the providence of the Lord for this or that person. Miracles of healing and various cases blessed God's help through the prayers of the old woman, they were revealed during her lifetime and continue to this day. Hmmm. Zipporah went to the Lord on May 13, 1997. and was buried behind the St. Nicholas chapel of the cathedral church of the monastery. After the death of the old woman, a photograph of her, inserted into a frame under glass, was in her cell.

The grave and cell of Mother are a place of pilgrimage for a huge number of our compatriots. The monastery carefully and reverently preserves especially revered icons of the Mother of God that belonged to Schema-nun Sepphora - the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God and the “Helper in Childbirth” (located in the old woman’s cell), to which prayers are offered for the health of children and childbearing. There are known cases of children being born to infertile married couples according to prayers addressed to this image. In our monastery, particles of the relics of many Christian saints are available for veneration - St. ap. Andrew the First-Called, Tsar Constantine and Queen Helen, St. Seraphim of Sarov, St. Sergius of Radonezh, St. Elders of Optina, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, St. Luke Voino-Yasenetsky, St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, Martyr Bonifatius, Martyr Varvara and many others.

At the entrance to the monastery there is a spring and a font, consecrated in honor of the “Life-Giving Spring” icon of the Mother of God. Leads to the source wooden staircase, the descent takes 2-3 minutes.

WITH Today the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands is a beautiful ancient cathedral church from the early 19th century. in the Russian Baroque style with all its shrines, a tall slender bell tower, a temple in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “It is Worthy to Eat”, buildings for the brethren and guests. And also the house in which the old woman lived, her praying icons and myrrh-streaming photographs. Schema-nun Sepphora rests behind the altar of the St. Nicholas Reach. Not only monks, but also lay people come to her, as if she were alive, for advice and help. It often happens that people who despair of getting what they ask for are healed of incurable diseases. In short, many Orthodox Christians who knew Mother or had heard about her have already visited Klykovo. Others often come here out of love for the monastery and Mother Sepphora, who greeted everyone who came with kindness, knew how to warm a lonely soul, comfort the suffering, and rescue them from the shackles of illness. Others are just getting ready to hit the road. But there is no doubt that the meeting with the monastery and the monastery shrines will be bright and joyful. Perhaps it will heal from serious illnesses and will certainly strengthen spiritual health.

The Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Hermitage is one of the places of pilgrimage in the Kaluga region. It is located in the village of Klykovo, 18 km south of Kozelsk and 85 km north of Kaluga (travel through Kozelsk). The monastery is surrounded by birch groves, picturesque meadows and fields, stretching along the banks of the Zhizdra and Serena rivers. In these amazing places there is another famous monastery - Optina Pustyn.

History of construction

Not far from Klykovo there is the village of Kurynichi. In 1733, a wooden church was built here, but a century later there was a fire, and everything burned down except the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the ancient Gospel. How it appeared in Kurynichi is not known for certain, however, it has been kept there for a long time. In the 1820s, cholera broke out in Kozelsky district. The epidemic did not spare Klykovo either. It was decided to bring here the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands in order to stop the disaster through common prayers. They carried him around the village with a religious procession, and in a matter of days the attack passed. In honor of the miracle that happened, instead of the old church, built of wood and very dilapidated, a stone temple was erected in 1829 in honor of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands.

With the advent of Soviet power, the authority of the church was shaken. In the early 1920s, aggressive anti-religious propaganda began. The oppression of the church was accompanied by terrible events, including the execution of priests. In 1924, Optina Pustyn was completely destroyed. Some of the clergy moved to Klykovo, but the situation became increasingly tense, and in 1937 the temple was closed and different times It was used as a granary, a repair shop, and a warehouse for nitrogen fertilizers.

The temple in the village of Klykovo was returned to the church only in 1991. The building made a sad impression: everything was ruined, collapsing and fell into complete disrepair. Work on the restoration of the temple and other buildings on the territory was completed in 1999.

In a solemn ceremony in 2001, the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands was opened in the village of Klykovo.

Schema-nun Zipporah

The pilgrimage of believers is largely connected with a visit to the grave of Mother Zipporah, who lived in the monastery in 1996-1997. Daria Shnyakina, born in the 19th century, was a contemporary of many significant events in the history of the country and the world.

Her life was difficult: the loss of loved ones in the war, dispossession, death of children, parents, and spouse. In 1946 she moved to Kireevsk in the Tula region. One day, during a solitary prayer, angels appeared to her and began to put monastic robes on her. It was a rite of tonsure. Secretly from her daughters, she left for the Lavra, where in 1967 she was blessed to be tonsured into the mantle and named Dosithea.

In 1989, she was tonsured into the schema with the name Zipporah. She settled in Klykovo in 1996, and a little more than a year later she died.

Schedule of services at the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands

On weekdays:

• 06:00 - midnight office,
• 07:00 - hours, Divine Liturgy.

On Sundays and holidays:

• 17:00 - evening service,
• 09:00 - hours, Divine Liturgy.

How to get to the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Klykovo

There are several ways to get to the monastery. Firstly, on personal car from Kaluga or Kozelsk (see diagram). Secondly, by minibus. Finally, by excursion bus from Kozelsk or Kaluga.

A minibus leaves from the Kozelsk bus station on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 07:00 and 14:00. The final point is the village of Burnashevo (500 m to the monastery).

Viceroy: Abbot Mikhail (Semyonov)

The history of the founding of the monastery dates back to 1924, when, after the destruction of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage, part of the brethren, led by the treasurer Abbot Panteleimon (Arzhanykh), settled in the village. Klykovo, Kozelsky district. The center of the spiritual life of this community became the local temple in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. In 1937, the temple was closed, and Abbot Panteleimon was arrested and shot.

After closing, the temple was used first as a granary, then as a workshop for repairing equipment, and after the roof of the refectory part of the temple was destroyed, fertilizers began to be stored in it. On March 28, 1991, the temple was returned to the Church. By that time, the temple building was in disrepair: there was no roof, windows and floors were missing, deep cracks appeared along the walls, trees grew on the temple vaults, and the ceilings began to collapse.

With the transfer of the temple, restoration work began. On January 11, 1993, a Bishop's Compound was formed at the church, and on October 18 of the same year, Hieromonk Peter (Drum) was appointed rector of the compound and Sergei Semenov was appointed novice. A monastic community began to form at the metochion, and on July 17, 2001, a resolution of the Holy Synod was adopted to open in the village. Klykovo Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Desert.

Currently, the monastery has one stone church in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. It was built in 1829 by Guard Lieutenant Alexander Fedorovich Poltoratsky on the site of the house church of the Poltoratsky landowners. The temple is single-domed and has the shape of a cross in plan. Before its closure, there were 4 chapels in the church: in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

The temple was completely restored by 1999, and on November 28 of the same year, Archbishop Clement consecrated its central chapel. Currently there are 8 monks working in the monastery.

The monastery contains particles of the relics of: Apostle Andrew the First-Called; Saints Ignatius Brianchaninov, Innocent of Kherson, Theodosius of Chernigov, Luke of Simferopol, Ignatius of Rostov, Tikhon of Zadonsk, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow; Hieromartyrs Joseph of Astrakhan and Harlampius of Magnesia; Martyrs of Chozebite; Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky; Saints Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, Barnabas of Gethsemane, Sebastian of Karaganda, Lawrence of Chernigov, Theodore of Sanaksar, Savva of Vishera, Arethas of Verkhoturye; righteous Artemy Verkolsky; Kiev-Pechersk saints: Hieromartyr Kuksha, Venerable Martyrs Anastasius, Basil, Theodore, Saints Agapit, Eustratius, Hypatius, Damian, Nestor the Chronicler, Nikon, Moses, Alipius, Theophilus, St. Nicholas the Svyatosha; Athonite saints: the venerable martyr Akakios and the venerable Gabriel; Optina elders: Saints Leo, Macarius, Moses, Ambrose, Anatoly, Joseph, Anatoly (Zertsalov), Barsanuphius, Isaac I, Anthony, Hilarion, Nektarios; as well as the righteous Jonah and the Venerable Kuksha of Odessa.

The icons of St. Nicholas, the Archbishop of Myra in Lycia and the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God are especially revered.

Schema-nun Sepphora (Senyakina, †April 30/May 13, 1997) was buried near the temple. The monastery celebrates patronal feasts: August 16/29 – Transfer of the Image of the Lord Jesus Christ Not Made by Hands from Edessa to Constantinople; May 9/22 – transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to the city of Bari; October 1/14 – Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands of the Hermitage is one of the places of pilgrimage in the Kaluga region. It is located in the village of Klykovo, 18 km south of Kozelsk and 85 km north of Kaluga (travel through Kozelsk). The monastery is surrounded by birch groves, picturesque meadows and fields, stretching along the banks of the Zhizdra and Serena rivers. In these amazing places there is another famous monastery - Optina Pustyn.

History of construction

Not far from Klykovo there is the village of Kurynichi. In 1733, a wooden church was built here, but a century later there was a fire, and everything burned down except the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the ancient Gospel. How it appeared in Kurynichi is not known for certain, however, it has been kept there for a long time. In the 1820s, cholera broke out in Kozelsky district. The epidemic did not spare Klykovo either. It was decided to bring here the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands in order to stop the disaster through common prayers. They carried him around the village with a religious procession, and in a matter of days the attack passed. In honor of the miracle that happened, instead of the old church, built of wood and very dilapidated, a stone temple was erected in 1829 in honor of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands.

With the advent of Soviet power, the authority of the church was shaken. In the early 1920s, aggressive anti-religious propaganda began. The oppression of the church was accompanied by terrible events, including the execution of priests. In 1924, Optina Pustyn was completely destroyed. Some of the clergy moved to Klykovo, but the situation became increasingly tense, and in 1937 the temple was closed and at various times was used as a granary, a repair shop, and a warehouse for nitrogen fertilizers.

The temple in the village of Klykovo was returned to the church only in 1991. The building made a sad impression: everything was ruined, collapsing and fell into complete disrepair. Work on the restoration of the temple and other buildings on the territory was completed in 1999.

In a solemn ceremony in 2001, the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands was opened in the village of Klykovo.

Schema-nun Zipporah

The pilgrimage of believers is largely connected with a visit to the grave of Mother Zipporah, who lived in the monastery in 1996-1997. Daria Shnyakina, born in the 19th century, was a contemporary of many significant events in the history of the country and the world.

Her life was difficult: the loss of loved ones in the war, dispossession, death of children, parents, and spouse. In 1946 she moved to Kireevsk in the Tula region. One day, during a solitary prayer, angels appeared to her and began to put monastic robes on her. It was a rite of tonsure. Secretly from her daughters, she left for the Lavra, where in 1967 she was blessed to be tonsured into the mantle and named Dosithea.

In 1989, she was tonsured into the schema with the name Zipporah. She settled in Klykovo in 1996, and a little more than a year later she died.

Schedule of services at the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands

On weekdays:

• 06:00 - midnight office,
• 07:00 - hours, Divine Liturgy.

On Sundays and holidays:

• 17:00 - evening service,
• 09:00 - hours, Divine Liturgy.

How to get to the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Klykovo

There are several ways to get to the monastery. Firstly, by private car from Kaluga or Kozelsk (see diagram). Secondly, by minibus. Finally, by excursion bus from Kozelsk or Kaluga.

A minibus leaves from the Kozelsk bus station on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 07:00 and 14:00. The final point is the village of Burnashevo (500 m to the monastery).